Coventry MP Geoffrey Robinson was today expected to stand trial accused of failing to provide traffic police with a sample of breath for analysis.

The 65-year-old Coventry North West MP, who is alleged to have committed the offence after his Jaguar was pulled up on the A454 Black Country Route in Walsall on December 14 last year, has pleaded not guilty.

The ex-Paymaster General was appearing before Walsall magistrates this morning.

Robinson, of Godalming, Surrey, was granted unconditional bail in his absence during a previous hearing in April.